Example sentences of "of [noun sg] that she [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Occasionally , he took his hand off the gear lever and reached out for hers , and sometimes he glanced towards her with a look so full of tenderness that she felt she could weep for joy .
2 It was only when the colours gave way to plain gold before subsiding into diminishing fountains of silver that she realised she had moved closer to Rune , seeking instinctive protection against the sharp noise of the exploding rockets and that he had gathered her to his strong male body , pinning her to his side by the power of his arm , his hand firmly pressed against her waist .
3 A passing labourer directed her , and it was in this anxious , preoccupied state of mind that she made her first appearance in Overclyst .
4 Not bad , she thought with a fierce kind of glee that she knew she did n't dare to show .
5 Another woman who had already had her baby was in such fits of laughter that she split her stitches .
6 The feel of his warm flesh under her finger gave her such an odd surge of panic that she retracted her hand as if she 'd been burnt .
7 It was with a considerable sense of agitation that she found herself opposite room number four .
8 ‘ Will you be going to Somerset too ? ’ she asked and it was with a sense of relief that she saw him shake his head .
9 So , when Saturday dawned , it was with a feeling of release that she threw her wetsuit into the car and drove to the sailing club .
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